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Can’t get worse for #Iran… ‘Resistance Axis’ in tatters; influence bought w/ blood & treasure over decades all but lost. Economy wobbling, currency at all-time low. Harsher US sanctions loom. Only leverage? Chase a bomb that could turn it into North Korea on the Gulf.

MOSCOW Dec 8 (Reuters) - Syria's Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Russia and have been granted asylum by the Russian authorities, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing a Kremlin source. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

NEW: “This market has been hijacked by negative sentiment,” Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz tells CNBC after the #OPEC+ output delay. #oil

NEW Al-Monitor – Syria's Kurdish-led SDF says it secured a ceasefire to halt attacks by Turkey-backed rebels in exchange for withdrawal from Manbij. Blinken expected in Ankara, but unlikely the outgoing Biden admin. can uphold any long-term guarantees. al-monitor.com/originals/2024…

نبارك للمملكة العربية السعودية على فوزها باستضافة #كأس_العالم_2034 🏆⚽️💚

map from Euphrates Post that has covered eastern Syria for years. map = Deir Zour governorate in eastern Syria bordering Iraq. Darker green = controlled by temporary govt in Damascus; lighter green by SDF, backed by USA. Euphrates = dividing line.

Lessons from the Red Sea. "Because of this experience, the Navy now has more technical and tactical watchstanders who have experienced combat at sea than at any time in recent history." usni.org/magazines/proc…

Netanyahu not on his way to Cairo, PM office says

Damn analysts 😅 A few weeks ago I began considering what W Canada could do to blunt the worst value destructive effects of threatened US tariffs on Canadian oil—up to the nuclear option: production curtailment. ChrisVarcoe asked AB Premier Danielle Smith about it directly.

🇸🇦🇮🇱A Saudi official told me no "breakthrough” has been achieved between Saudi Arabia and Israel regarding “normalization” of relations 🟢"The notion that the kingdom’s leadership has somehow modified its longstanding commitment to the establishment of an independent Palestinian

Based on our tracking, we can see that Iran's crude oil exports are at 1.2 million barrels per day during the first 15 days of December. The running average of the first 15 days during the three months prior was 1.7 million barrels per day. #OOTT

It must be true, then, if the denials are this emphatic.

Syria’s largest oil refinery Baniyas halted operations after Iranian crude shipments stopped, previously the vast majority of Syria's input, its general manager said. But “there is a decent amount [of fuel] in storage". When it finishes will depend on use ft.com/content/9d65fb…

well that'd be fun and bullish

Trump: Europe should "large scale purchase our oil and gas" Meanwhile the US crude exports have already soared to ~2 MMbpd, up from virtually nothing when Trump first took office. US ➡️ Europe crude shipments:

Even though Iranian drones strike Ukrainian infrastructure daily, Iran is in the middle of blackouts that Ukraine hasn’t seen in three years of full-blown war. nytimes.com/2024/12/21/wor…

The Houthis in #Yemen are no longer concealing their use of child soldiers, openly broadcasting images today of 120 graduates, many of whom appear to be children, from their "Al-Aqsa Flood" program. This initiative is part of their General Mobilization program, akin to the

9/ On average, 41% of Americans think the dream was once achievable, but no longer, per a Pew Research Center survey. Marginalized groups are finding the American dream (or lack thereof) especially bittersweet, as achieving even modest goals feels impossible.

CHRISTMAS MORNING!! #MerryChristmas  #CalvinandHobbes #Christmas

Latest in Ben Bartenstein Bloomberg series on Shamkani illicit oil network finds evidence it is also involved in weapons trade. Not surprising to me that these highly illicit activities use similar channels/intermediaries as trade moves more undergound bloomberg.com/news/articles/…